Corn-planter and fertilizer combined



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G. H. SALTSMAN.

CORN PLANTER AND PERTILIZER COMBINED.

No.. 277,513. Patented May 15,1883.

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Parleur GEORGE H. SALTSMAN, OF SALINEVILLE, OHIO.4

CORN-PLANTER AND FERTILIZER COMBINED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 277,513, dated May 15, 1883.

Application tiled October 5, 1882.

. lineville, in the county ot' (lolum biana and State ot' Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn-Planters and Fertilizers Combined, and I do declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference heilig had to the accompanying drawings,"and to thc letters and ligures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention has relation to iniprovements in combined cornplanters and fertilizer-distributers; and it consists in the combination and arrangement ol' the several parts, as will he hereinafter fully described, and specifi cally pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical section, Fig. 2 is a plan view, and Fig. 3 is a rear elevation, of a machine constructed according to my invention.

A is the frame otl my machine, composed of the front bar, a., the rear bar, a', the side bars, a? c3, and the intermediate bar, a4, running parallel with bars c2 a3, as shown.

'b is the axle, journaled in bars c2 (dat, and having the wheels b b2 spindled on its opposite ends, as shown.

b3 is a clutch formed on the huh ol' Wheel b2, on the inner side ot" the wheel next the side har a3.

b4 represents a clutch keyed to the axle, so that it may be slid into contact with the clutch b3, or may be held free thereof by the mechanism hereinafter described.

b5 is a rod connected to clutch b4, and extended within the framing A.

y bG is a lug secured on rod b5.

117 is a coilspring secured to side bar ai and lug bs, and adapted to draw on lug b6 and hold the clutch b4 in contact with the lug 11G when not drawn upon by the lever hereinafter described.

c is a lever pivoted'on the rear bar, a', and having its lower arm connected with the rod b5, and its upper arm extendedabove the bar a and curved over the short arm oi the handlever hereinafter described.

(No modell d d are the grain-boxes, and d d' the fertilizer-boxes, supported on the frame A in ad-' vance of the axle b, and arranged with the two grain-boxes in 'front and the two fertilizers in rear, as shown.

Pdzare openings in the hol tom ofthe boxes.

c is a grain-slide placed under boxes d d', and provided with openings correspondingto openings cl2. This slide is given a reciprocating motion, so that the/grain and fertilizer are received in the holes in the slide and carried to and delivered into the sponts by which they are planted.

j' represents a grain-spout arranged to receive the. grain from the grain-slide and de` liver it into the furrow which is opened byA the shovelf, which is secured on the lower front end of the spout.

f2 is a fertilizer-spout having its upper end arranged to receive the fertilizer from the slide e,and its lower end is connected with and opens into the spout j', near the lower end of the latter, as shown, and the fertilizer and the grain are thus delivered together into the ground.

f/ is a har pivoted to an arch, g', mounted on the rear ofthe fertilizer-box d', and so that its lower end may swing at right angles tothe direction of draft of the machine.

g2 g2 are anti-friction rollers journaled on pins extended rearward from the bar g. These rollers are arranged to bear on the opposite faces of the cam-wheel hereinafter described. The lower end of bar g is connected with the grain-slide c by the rod e.

his a cam-wheel xed on the axle l), and made in sections bent alternately to the right and left, so Vthat it will give reciprocating motion to the slide g, between the rollers g2 ot' which itruns, and, through the connecting-rod c', move the slide-valve c and drop the grain and fertilizer. This wheel, it will be seen, only -revolves when the clutch mechanism is in the position shown in the drawings.

,i 'i are rods pivoted to the front bars, a, and extended and pivoted to the front of the spout f, bracing said spout, as shown.

z" t" are drag-bars pivoted to the bar t', slight ly in front of the spout f, and extended back, one on either side of the spouts, to the rear of the said spouts, and provided with shovels l2,

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which run on either side of the furrow formed by shovel j", and cover the ground into the said furrow after the grain and fertilizer have been deposited.

j is a rod connecting the drag-bars l2 behind the spoutfz.

jis a shaft journaled on lugs j', extended from the back bar, a.

jz is an arm extended forward from shaft j, and connected with the spout]2 by rod j, and it is connected with the drag-bars i' by a rod, j, extended from rod )'3, as shown.

k is a lever fixed to the shaft j, and having an Iarm, k', extended forward under the curved arm of the lever c. kThis arm is connected with the spouts and 'drag-bars by rodsj3j4, as is the arm'jz. v

l represents the seat-bar, mounted on bar a4, and supporting the driver-s seat l.

m represents a handle-bar extended on op posite sides of and made fast to the clutch b4, whereby the slides may be set to start correctly on commencing a row.

In the operation ot' my invention it will be seen that the driver, by a single motion of the lever 7c, raises the drag-bars and spouts, with their shovels, clear of the ground. The curved' arm ofthe lever c is engaged by the arm k of the lever, and the clutch is disengaged and the dropping ceases. The lever k can be held in any suitable position desired by an ordinary ism shown Vin Fig. 1.

Having thus described my invention, Whatl elaim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

' In a seeding-machine, the combination, with the clutch b4, sliding on the axle b, frame A, the adjustable dropping-spouts, and the cultivator-beams having shovels arranged in rear of the dropping-spouts, of the connecting-rod b5, the lever e, pivoted on the frame, and having its lower end connected to rod b? and its upper end bent laterally, the horizontal shaft j, journaled on the frame, and provided With arms .i2 7c', andthe branched connecting-rods jj, having their upper ends connected to the arms k'jz, and their lower ends made fast to the dropping-spouts and to the cultivatorbeams, and the lever k, fixed to the shai'tj, and bearing upon the upper laterally-turned end of lever e, whereby the dropping-spouts, cultivator-beams, and clutch may be simultaneously actuated by the single lever lr, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE H. SALTSMAN.

pawl, which mav be operated by the mechan- Witnesses:

RALPH THOMPSON, J AMES G. MOORE. 

